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Florida school district seeking settlement with W-2 phishing data breach victims

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Dissent

Herald Tribune reports:

On Tuesday, School District of Manatee County officials will ask the school board to approve a $300,000 settlement to a class action lawsuit being brought by school district employees who say they suffered damages from a massive data breach last January.

On Jan. 26, 2017 a payroll employee responded to an email phishing scam and released the W2 tax information of the district’s entire 7,700-employee workforce.

Read more on Herald Tribune.

h/t @K12CyberMap

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